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raise cattle/ 养牛/ (yǎnɡ niú)

A: Do you know? Villagers in Dunzi village in Gansu Province's Linze county have started to use mobile phones to raise cattle.

你知道吗,在甘肃临泽墩子村,村民们都开始用手机养牛了。

(nǐ zhīdào ma, zài ɡānsù línzédūnzǐ cūn, cūnmín mén dōu kāishǐ yònɡ shǒujī yǎnɡniú le.)

B: Really? How do the do it?

真的吗？那他们是怎么操作的呢?

(zhēndema? nà tāmén shì zěnme cāozuò dene?)

A: Cameras have been installed in the cattle pens in the breeding areas, so villagers no longer need to guard the pens 24 hours a day. They can monitor them on their phones. The villagers are saying that raising cattle is easier than ever.

在养殖小区,牛棚里安装摄像头,村民们不用再24小时守着牛棚,通过手机监控就能看到。村民们都说,现在养牛比以前轻松多了。

(zài yǎnɡzhí xiǎoqū, niúpénɡlǐ ānzhuānɡ shèxiànɡtóu, cūnmínmén bùyònɡ zài ershisi xiǎoshí shǒuzhe niúpénɡ, tōnɡɡuò shǒujī jiānkònɡ jiùnénɡ kàndào.cūnmínmén dōu shuō, xiànzài yǎnɡniú bǐ yǐqián qīnɡsōnɡ duōle.)

B: Really? Before this when a cow would give birth to a calf, they always needed to have someone there to monitor it.

是啊,以前的牛下小牛犊的时候,都需要人一直守着。

(shìā, yǐqián de niú xià xiǎoniúdú de shíhòu, dōu xūyào rén yīzhí shǒuzhe.)

A: The villagers have all moved into new comfortable housing. It has everything, public gym and a waste sorting area. The new environment provides them with a better life of happiness.

村民们住进了新住宅。公共健身器械,垃圾分类区域一应俱全。新的环境给他们提供了更好更幸福的生活。

(cūnmínmén zhùjìn le xīnzhùzhái.ɡōnɡɡònɡ jiànshēnqìxiè, lājīfēnlèiqūyù yīyīnɡjùquán.xīnde huánjìnɡ ɡěi tāmén tíɡònɡle ɡènɡhǎo ɡènɡxìnɡfúde shēnɡhuó.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT